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Yes, and the historiography of the causes of WWI is truly enormous. It started during the war years themselves, when document collections were assembled by the
by dmvdoug 2y ago
Yes, and the historiography of the causes of WWI is truly enormous. It started during the war years themselves, when document collections were assembled by the various foreign offices in order to support their various disclaimers of responsibility. Well, the War Guilt Clause purported to settle that phase of the argument, although its academic cousin continues on today. A lot of stuff was published around 2010-2014 in preparation for the centenary. I always recommend people check out Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers, because it's a really magnificent book. Maybe just a step below Richard Rhodes' The Making of the Atomic Bomb (in terms of just really truly great writing of history) but just as worthwhile to read.